It's G Augmented(G+)...you can hear the interval between the B and the D#, against the G. Especially the way Garcia slams it. I used 3/21/70 for reference. For added weird tension it sounds like Lesh is playing a Root/5 Phil Bomb in C against the G Augmented.

lovetoboogie wrote:It's G Augmented(G+)...you can hear the interval between the B and the D#, against the G. Especially the way Garcia slams it. I used 3/21/70 for reference. For added weird tension it sounds like Lesh is playing a Root/5 Phil Bomb in C against the G Augmented.

We agree as G+ = B+ = D#+. (Yes, technically, it's D#+, not Eb+).

G+ has G and B, which are also in G and G7. The D# adds the weirdness.

ace

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lovetoboogie wrote:It's G Augmented(G+)...you can hear the interval between the B and the D#, against the G. Especially the way Garcia slams it. I used 3/21/70 for reference. For added weird tension it sounds like Lesh is playing a Root/5 Phil Bomb in C against the G Augmented.

We agree as G+ = B+ = D#+. (Yes, technically, it's D#+, not Eb+).

G+ has G and B, which are also on G and G7. The D# adds the weirdness.

ace

Good ear! It was after I read your take on the Augmented chord that I gave it a listen... It's a sick opening chord. I listened to the Dead and Company doing it in Niagara Falls last year, and lo and behold, they nail that chord as well. You can see John Mayer's grip on the augmented chord....good video on you tube.

"Its called 'the Big Ugly chord' ...every body picks a different chord rooted on f,g,b,c, & d... Type of chord (maj, min, etc) & inversion up to the various musicians in the moment... My chord in futhur was d... Same chord that opens viola Lee blues and ends Golden Road"